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Week 3: Animals and ecosystems at the extremes

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This is an illustration of a lizard on a rock. There are arrows pointing away from the lizard which read ‘convection’, ‘thermal radiation to sky’, ‘evaporation’ and ‘conduction’. There are also arrows pointing towards the lizard which read ‘direct solar radiation’ and ‘thermal radiation’. There is also a label which reads ‘thermal radiation from atmosphere’. This illustration of a lizard on a rock has arrows pointing away from the lizard which read ‘convection’, ‘thermal radiation to sky’, ‘evaporation’ and ‘conduction’. Arrows pointing towards the lizard read ‘direct solar radiation’ and ‘thermal radiation’.

 1.3 Desert reptiles